played Vive Latino Festival

In 2006, Zoé played Vive Latino Festival and began production on their third studio album. In January, the band went to Manzanillo to start work with Phil Vinall. The band worked on basic tracking at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas in March with mixing taking place in May and finishing in June. Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea (Memo Rex Commander and the Atomic Heart of the Milky Way) was released on 12 July 2006, debuting on Mexican charts at number one. The first single from the album, ” Vía Láctea “, had some rotation in local music channels like MTV Latin America and Telehit . The album achieved gold status after more than 40,000 units sold in the four weeks after its release and it received positive reviews from the specialized press.